Smaller communities you can usually call and see if the water/electric are still on3. 

Its running all the duct, finishing around the duct, possibly upgrading the electric service, running individual electric to each condenser, possibly upgrading each units breaker, and running flex line from the gas connection in each apartment to where the furnace is assuming you can tie in off the stove. 

Also Garland runs their own electric company and that may make things more expensive on utilities. 

She is always intoxicated ( alcohol for what I smell ) , the condo inside stinks, she has numerous animals and it is full of roaches, food all over the place, electric cables coming out of the wall and it smells like something is putrified in there.

When we pulled the 3-yr-old electric range there were dead mice and droppings. 

If the foundation is solid, the electrical passes code, the roof has life left, the plumbing is functioning - that's the heavy (and costly) lifting. 

Some cities don't for example allow garage conversions, but plenty of people do them, but that could be an issue in the future, for example if you do more work and need a city inspection, let's say for electrical update, and inspector determines all the other appropriate permits were not pulled or inspections done. 

For my apartments in 44306, I get $750 with NO utilities included (tenant pays gas, electric, & water/sewer/trash) to non-subsidized tenants-- I don't accept HCVP tenants because the program won't pay as much as I get on the open market.https://www.huduser.gov/portal...https://www.huduser.gov/portal...

I will do a significant part of the renovations myself with previous skills developed (framing walls, running wires and finished electrical, laying the vinyl myself | drywall, texture, two exterior window installations, sawing out the tile for the wall, and hanging one door will be done by someone else).

[2] Are you doing the roads, sewers and electrical up to the property (or did you get the county to pay for that)?